Russia's crude oil exports from its western ports in February are set to fall by 8% versus January's plan as Moscow increases refining, two traders said and Reuters calculations showed, after the latest U.

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Ukraine on Sunday said that it repeatedly struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region, the second such attack claimed by Kyiv this week. A statement by Ukraine’s General Staff claimed that the country’s armed forces, together with Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, repeatedly struck facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on the night of January 24, Russia confirmed a drone attack on 11 regions, the capital, and occupied Crimea. It was later clarified that the drones hit the Ryazan refinery, which was confirmed by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces.

Overnight into January 26, an oil refinery in the Ryazan Oblast is likely on fire as a result of a drone attack. Footage posted online confirms a fire at the

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Russia's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations after an attack by Ukrainian drones late last week, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday. Another source said the loadings have been suspended since Friday,

Vladimir Putin’s forces are focusing on attacking on the outskirts of a key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk amid reports of heavy troop losses.Around half of Russian attacks across the 620-mile front have focused on the area around the city,

In December, Ukrainian drones targeted oil depots and refineries in Smolensk, Oryol, Bryansk and Rostov — an area that had previously been targeted in July. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces claimed that the July attack on the Rostov refinery destroyed 1.5 million tons of oil and oil products worth $540 million (£433m).

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.